Saturday, January 14, 2012

The pleasure of sharing

One of the many lovely things about this blogging world of ours is being introduced to blogs we might not otherwise  come across and finding ourselves very much at home. To aid this process of discovery bloggers have become good at handing out awards which involve the recipient in handing them on to other bloggers in their turn.

I have to thank the wonderful Ayak at Ayak's Turkish Delight for thinking of me when she was given the Liebster Blog award recently. Unlike some awards the Liebster Blog doesn’t involve any self-revelation (thank goodness), but simply asks the recipient to add its image to their sidebar and, if they wish, to do a post passing it on to five other blogs, specifically blogs with fewer than 200 followers. As we don’t all follow each other’s blogs, it’s probably best to let the new recipients know directly, as well as in the special post, and of course link back to the awarding blog as a gesture of thanks.

There are so many wonderful blogs out there, full of good writing, beautiful images and interesting thoughts that it’s difficult to choose just five. However, I’ve taken the plunge and would like to introduce you to five very different and enjoyable blogs I’m glad I found.

Blethers is a thoughtful and beautifully-written blog by a retired English teacher and active poet, living on the west coast of Scotland

Lifeonthecutoffs Blog is a recent discovery of mine which I am enjoying enormously. It reflects life in a quiet, rural corner of the American Mid-West, on the very edge of Chicago. Its sharing of favourite books has already tempted me to more book-buying than is probably good for me.

Lurking is a delightful mixture of blog and day-book written by someone who lives on the very edge of London and who shares many of my interests, such as books and knitting and church life.

a very grand pressigny is one of two blogs I've chosen with a French flavour. It’s about life with a much-loved second home in the Loire Valley and is spiced with lots of wonderful photos and also some tempting links to recipes on the author’s other blog.

Writing Home is a blog about life in rural south-west France – a gentle, beautifully-illustrated portrait of a quiet life of house restoration, gardening and animals, with the occasional recipe thrown in for good measure.

I do hope you enjoy exploring my five chosen blogs as much as I've enjoyed choosing them.


24 comments:

  1. I'm looking forward to exploring those of your recommended blogs I have not yet encountered.
    Fum, this blogging, isn't it?

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  2. Perpetua, thank you, I'm honoured. I'm going to enjoy getting to know your other choices. :) Sue

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  3. Thank you, Perpetua for mentioning my blog and recommending it for this award.
    I will put my thinking cap on and see who I can hand it on to myself.

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  4. Hello Perpetua:
    It is, as you say, so lovely to be appreciated by other bloggers and through that to be connected with other like-minded individuals.

    Most of the blogs you mention here are entirely new to us so we shall be following up your recommendations.

    Happy New Year!!

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  5. It certainly is, Fly and I hope you enjoy the exploration.

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  6. Sue, you are very welcome. Enjoy the reading and I look forward to exploring your choices in due course.

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  7. Jean, it was a pleasure. Good blogs are meant to be shared and I'll enjoy discovering your recommendations.

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  8. Hello Jane and Lance and welcome back to blogdom. You have been missed! As you say we all like to be appreciated, but also enjoy appreciating others in our turn, so I do hope you enjoy some of the blogs I appreciate.

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  9. Thank you, Perpetua, for nominating me. Your kind words touch me to my core and are appreciated more than I can say.

    I was actually a Liebster Blog in December, and it was great fun - and a bit of a challenge to put on my thinking cap as there are so many wonderful blogs to read. I'll be visiting the ones you honor here, and I will send my readers back this way as well, though it may take a day or two.

    What a blessing are in my life.

    I am so grateful to have discovered your blog, Perpetua, and I look forward to each and every post.

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  10. You are very welcome, Penny. You know how much I enjoy your blog and I'm so pleased to have the chance to let others discover it for themselves. I've now found your Liebster Blog post and will enjoy exploring your recommendations, if I have time in between reading all my recent book purchases. :-)

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  11. Congrats on the Liebster Perpetua. These are some very nice blogs.

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  12. *applause*
    Congrats on your recent award! I must now fly off and visit your recommendations. And yes, this is how we get to meet other bloggers.

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  13. Thanks, Rubye. They are, aren't they? There are so many good blogs out there that it was hard to choose.

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  14. Thank you, Nerima. Enjoy your flight.:-) I know you'll like what you find when you get there.

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  15. Perpetua, I recently found your wonderful blog while reading comments on Penny's lifeonthecutoff...and agree that her posts are just so enjoyable. I'll look forward to getting to know these other wonderful bloggers as I also get to know you better! Congratulations on being award the Liebster! Debra

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  16. Dear Perpetua,
    Thank you for sharing these five blogs with us. Two of them I already follow, but I'll click on the other three and see where that leads me. No one I read lives in France, so that's exciting to consider.

    Peace.

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  17. Thank you, Debra, and welcome to my blog. I do so enjoy the wonderful linking that goes on in blogging as we find each other through comments or recommendations. I'm glad you're enjoying what you've found.

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  18. You're very welcome, Dee. One of the many lovely things about blogging is getting to know people who live in different countries and cultures. My follower list is starting to look like a lesson in world geography!

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  19. What a refreshing bouquet of blogs you've recommended here - all new to me and I've enjoyed a quick look at all of them and may go back for more. Thank you.

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  20. You're very welcome, Nancy. Glad you enjoyed them. There are such varied blogs out there and it's fun to try something different.

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  21. Thanks to you and your recommendations, Perpetua, I can learn much more about blogging AND enjoy some great reads!
    Looking forward to both!

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  22. Thank you, Croixblanches and welcome to the world of blogging. Be warned - it's addictive and a great consumer of time, but repays that with a lot of enjoyment.

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  23. I returned this evening from my voluntary work at the local studies library to hear that Daughter had phoned to say I had won a blog award! I am so amazed, delighted and very pleased.

    Thank you so much, I am looking forward to reading the other blogs and considering to whom I shall pass on the honour.

    Because 'real' life has been busy I hadn't looked at my blog so had missed this. Will have to tell you about last Monday's day trip to Bath....

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  24. It's my pleasure, PixieMum. I too was thrilled to receive it and it's part of the fun to be able to share this feeling with others, as well as introducing people to their blogs. Just help yourself to the image and I look forward to exploring your recommendations in due course, as well as hearing about the trip to Bath.

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